Final Stage
The termination stage of a psychotherapy relationship between the group leader and the client is the most challenging phase of therapy. The most effective way a group leader can handle an end to a psychotherapy relationship is to remind the clients earlier, possibly two or three sessions before the final session. On occasions whereby there is no defined time limit to the group sessions, the group leader can space out for the past few meetings. This is an effective way a group leader can convince the client of their relationship as well as boost their confidence in their capacity to manage things without meeting the group leader every week before the sudden ending of the relationship (“Termination of Counseling,” 2018). Reassess the progress achieved in the course of the group sessions along with the client, as this will help to impart confidence and a positive outlook in the client concerning what the group sessions enabled them to achieve.
Some challenges could come up at the end of the psychotherapy relationship. The group leaders should let the clients share their emotions in connection to the termination of group sessions. The clients are possibly to experience different feelings that they need to process as well as work through in admitting them. Its also recommended for the group leaders to share the feelings concerning the termination of group sessions as it is common for any person to feel different moods in termination of any relationship. The right way of resolving the emotional challenge in the termination stage of group sessions is to create an open-door policy. This policy means the creation of an opportunity for clients to check in sometime after the termination of group sessions. The policy enables the clients to feel they still have not lost the relationship they have with the group leader since the clients can still reach out in case they need to consult on their progress (Rashid and Howes, 2016).
Hard-working members in a group can be discouraged entirely on occasions where they feel that the members of the group are joyriders who depend on their success in group projects. The best way to prevent motivational contingencies in projects in a group is by individually evaluating the members of the group learning and performance in parallel to the output from the group. This approach provides the hardworking members of the group with a stronger sense of control and equality, which prevents joy riding. Evaluation of personal learning and performance can be done in different ways. A group leader can include individual aspects to the group projects such as journal entries, short essays, or provide the group members with tests or a quiz. Individual, along with the group performance, is then taken into account in the overall project assessment.
The tool I have come up with the evaluation of the group experience effectiveness is by coming up with the questionnaires to assess the client’s expectations before the group experience, and the tests will evaluate how well the clients have learned during the group sessions. Some of the questions will include the goals they want to achieve at the end of the group sessions and their expectations. At the end of the group session, the clients will be evaluating how well they have achieved their goals. This will help boost client satisfaction after the termination of the group sessions.